Antique-style Xi Shi yixing clay woodfired teapot # 94876This piece is described as literally an antique style Xishi teapot. The Xishi () form is a classic Chinese teapot shape named after Xishi, one of the famed Four Beauties of ancient China. The exact origin of the Xishi form is not precisely documented, but it has long been associated with the Yixing () teapot tradition of Jiangsu province and was widely appreciated and reproduced from the late Ming into the Qing dynasty. indicates this example is made